Air-valve opener



I Feb-13,1923.

D. EKISS.

AIR VALVE OPENER.

FILED JAN-17,1922- Z] hum Won.

iatented Feb. l3, i923.

* tears DWIGHT EKISS, OF DALTON CITY, ILLINOIS.

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Application filed January 17, 1922. Serial No. 530,006. i

1 0 all whom it may cone m Be it known that I, Dwierrr EKISS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dalton City, in the county of Moultrie, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Air-Valve Opener; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to valve actuating devices and has for its object to provide a valve actuating device comprising a bracket having a U-shaped arched portion and in the transverse portion of which a tapered valve stem receiving opening is disposed and a vertically disposed pin disposed below the tapered opening and adapted to engage the valve actuating stem and force the same inwardly against a spring under the weight of a valve stem and inner tube carried thereby.

A further object is to provide a valve actuating device for use in connection with valve stems of inner tubes of automobile tires, said valve actuating device being so constructed that, a valve stem may be received therein and the air allowed to escape from the inner tube, which is essential when the'tube is being repaired.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the valve actuating device showing the same attached to a portion-of a work bench.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the device.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a portion of a conventional form of work bench, on which bench the inner tube 2 is repaired. It has been found essential during vulcanizing operations and patching of the inner tube 2 to expel all the air therefrom and where means is not provided for this purpose, it is necessary for the valve actuating stem 3 to be held inwardly against the valve spring 4 manually. which requires considerable time and requires the entire attention of the workmen. To overcome this difiiculty, a U-shaped bracket 5 is provided, which bracket has the lower ends of its arms 6 terminating in horizontally disposed ears 7, which ears may be welded or otherwise secured at 8 to the horizontally disposed bar 9, and-through the ears? and the ends of the bar 9 securing screws -10 pass for securing the device as a whole to the upper face of the work bench 1. The bar 9 at a point preferably midway between'the arms 6 of the bracket 5 is provided with a vertically disposed pin 11, which pin enters the end 12 of the valve stem 13 and engages the valve actuating stem 3, and when valve stem 18 is forced downwardly under the influence of its weight and the weight of the tire tube, the spring will be compressed andthe valve 14; unseated, thereby allowing escape of air from. thetube 2 and at the same time allow ing the workman to devote his time to other things until the air has been exhausted from p the tube.

The transverse portion 15 of the bracket 5 is provided with a flared opening 16, the lower end of which is in vertical axial alignment with the pin 11, and substantially the same diameter as the valve stem 13, preferably slightly larger, and forms means whereby when the valve stem 13 is forced downwardly, it will be guided to a position where its end 12 will receive the upper end of the pin 11.

From the above it will be seen that an air valve actuating device for air valves of inner tubes is provided, which device may be attached permanently to a bench, and the device so constructed that it. may be cheaply manufactured and sold. Also that the action is positive and that the weight of the tube and valve stem will cause the valve actuating stem and valve to be maintained in opened positions.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is:-

1. An inner tube valve opening device, said device comprising a supporting bracket adapted to support the valve and a valve stem engaging member positioned to engage the valve stem when the valve as a whole is supported in a bracket.

2. An inner tube valve opening device, said device. comprising a supporting bracket adapted to support the valve stem casing in inverted position with its open end down g int-5,205

wardly and amember positioned to engage the valve actuating stem and hold the valve in unseated position.

An inner tube valve opening device, said device comprising a supporting bracket adapted to support the valve stem casing in inverted position with its open end downwardly, and a member positioned to engage the valve actuating stem and hold the valve in unseated position under the wei ht of the valve stem.

4:. An inner tube valve opening device,

said device comprising a U-shaped bracket, a

support for said U-shaped bracket, the transverse portion of said tl-shaped bracket being provided with a downwardly extending tapered opening for the reception of the end of a valve casing, a valve actuating stem engaging pin carried by the bracket and disposed beneath the tapered opening.

5. An inner tube valve opening device, said device comprising a U-shaped bracket, a support for said U-shaped bracket, the transverse portion of said U-shaped bracket being" provided with a downwardly extends ing tapered opening for r ceiving the end of a valve casing and guiding the same in its downward movement, a valve stem engaging member disposed in axial alignment with the tapered opening and adapted to enter the end of the valve stem casing when the same is guided to position thereon.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the, presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DWIGHT EKISS.

Vitnesses: V

CLARENGE EIGHT, CARL Enrss. 

